( Thomas Hull, Pinterest)īy October 1876, the colonel’s son, Walter S. In addition, Hull suffered from piles, which were a result of the wound or aggravated by it. The ball was removed, but the wound continued to cause a shape pain in the back of his head, leading to spells of vertigo, so severe it would cause him to pass out. At the Battle of Stones River on December 31, 1862, an enemy bullet tore through Hull’s right hip and ended its trajectory near his tail bone. He was appointed colonel of the regiment on August 14, 1862. By the end of April, Hull was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On October 17, 1861, James Standiford Hull was appointed major of the 37th Indiana Infantry. Fifteen years after he went missing, his farm was auctioned off and the proceeds presented to his widow. But there is no record of Mühleck’s burial there or in Egg Harbor City where his wife is buried. Elizabeths Hospital, Mühleck would have been buried at the West Campus Cemetery. The paper revealed that it received word that Mühleck had died in an insane asylum in Washington, D.C. On November 6, 1869, the Egg Harbor Pilot recalled how his “disappearance at that time caused considerable external excitement and had been shrouded in a mystical darkness,” but the case was now closed. Ī year went by without a word from Mühleck. The Egg Harbor Pilot suggested that this stranger may have been the missing colonel. Surprisingly, the man proved to be an excellent swimmer. On January 13, the Bordentown Register reported that a “stranger of completely wild appearance” jumped into the Delaware River as Bordentown citizens watched in horror, fearful the man would drown. On February 6, 1869, the Egg Harbor Pilot supposed that he may have had an accident in the impenetrable swamps beyond the Little Egg Harbor River, but this report was unsubstantiated. In early January 1869, Mühleck mysteriously disappeared from his residence in Egg Harbor City.
Saint Elizabeths Hospital West Cemetery (circa. While making his home in Egg Harbor City, Mühleck kept close ties with his native Philadelphia, regularly traveling between the two cities. He acted as the director of the Polytechnic Institute of Egg Harbor, which taught students different languages, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, and other subjects. Mühleck also made his residence in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, sometime during the war and became active in politics and other projects, such as establishing the United States Soldiers’ and Patriots’ Orphans’ Home. Sanitary Commission and returned to civilian life. The Sacramento Weekly Union reported on November 5, 1864, that Mühleck “was promptly on the field of battle with his corps of his assistants and stores, which were most welcome to the men and the Medical Department.” By July 1, 1865, he left the U.S. Steiner and participated in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaigns. In June 1864, he took charge of the newly established Department of Shenandoah after being appointed by Dr. Sanitary Commission as a relief agent for the 1st Corps (later the 11th Corps). In December 1863, Mühleck donned federal blue again and joined the U.S. ( The New York Public Library, Digital Collections)
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